Chapter 147 Little Sister (1)
Taotao also saw Xiaohuanv's abnormal hand.
"Niuniu, what's wrong with your hand?" Taotao asked.
Hua Niu quickly stood up, put the bowl of noodles on the table, put her hands behind her back, pouted her lips and said with tears in her eyes: "Auntie, I'm fine..."
Taotao, "Can you show me? I promise I won't ask what's wrong with your hand."
Her tone was too gentle.
Hua Niu sobbed twice and timidly reached out her hand to Taotao.
——These are not a pair of hands of a three-year-old child at all.
The hands of a three-year-old child should be thin-boned, soft and tender.
Just like Xiao Feibai's hands.
However, Hua Niu's hands are bigger than those of a three-year-old child.
Looking closely, it seems to be edema.
Hua Niu's hands were not only swollen and pale, but also had thick knuckles and rough skin. Almost every finger had frostbite or cracks, revealing yellow-red pus and flesh in the wrinkles...
Shi Yuxi showed a look of shock, "Your hand..."
Taotao glanced over and successfully stopped Shi Yuxi from asking questions.
"Okay, I've seen it, now drink the noodle soup quickly!" Taotao said gently with a smile.
Hua Niu felt a little uneasy and hid her hands behind her back again.
After a while, the little girl couldn't resist the temptation of the half bowl of remaining soup, so she reached out her hand again, picked up the bowl and drank the soup carefully.
Taotao noticed that Hua Niu didn't make any sound when she drank the soup.
——The little girl is certainly learning from Xiao Feibai, but such a sensitive personality must have been developed in an extremely high-pressure environment.
After breakfast, Tao Tao told Hua Niu, "Niuniu, can I ask you for a favor?"
Hua Niu nodded repeatedly.
"The front door is a little dirty. Can you take a broom and sweep it?" Taotao asked.
Hua Niu didn't say anything, just nodded and went out.
Xiao Feibai also wanted to go with him...
Taotao hugged him and whispered, "Xiao Feifei, please help mom too, okay?"
Xiao Feibai looked at his mother quietly.
"Xiao Feifei, follow Hua Niu and see what Hua Niu does, okay?" Taotao asked.
Xiao Feibai nodded repeatedly.
Tao Tao instructed, "Take Da Huang and Da Hei with you. If anyone dares to bully you, let Da Huang and Da Hei scold them! Also, after you go out, no matter who you see, you must greet them. Call men uncle and women aunt. Got it?"
Xiao Feibai nodded again.
Taotao took her son outside.
Hua Niu has already cleaned the entrance of the research station thoroughly.
Of course, the entrance of the research station was not dirty or messy. Taotao cleaned it every morning and evening.
"Hua Niu, are you done cleaning?" Tao Tao asked.
Hua Niu immediately said, "It's already been cleaned, Aunt Bai."
Tao Tao said: "Hua Niu, Auntie needs your help..."
Hua Niu held a broom that was taller than her and listened quietly.
"Auntie has something to do in the morning. Can you help me look after my brother? Just continue doing what you are going to do. Let your brother stay with you to prevent him from falling or getting hurt. Then bring him back during lunch, okay?" Taotao asked.
Hua Niu seemed to have no idea how to refuse and nodded obediently.
Tao Tao told her son, "Xiao Feifei, you have to listen to your sister... Go!"
Little Feibai turned around and called to his puppy, "Big King, Big A, go!"
Two half-grown puppies immediately rushed over from the side, accompanied their little master, and wagged their tails non-stop.
Hua Niu took Xiao Feibai away.
Of course Taotao was worried.
——Although Xiao Feibai is very smart, he is only one year old after all. Hua Niu is over three years old and is about the same height as Xiao Feibai. If something really happens, Hua Niu will be unable to take care of herself, so how can she possibly take care of Xiao Feibai?
It's not okay even if there's a dog following you.
So Taotao kept staring at the backs of the two children...
After a while, Zhou Chunni came over with a big belly, "Taotao, your brother Hongzhi asked me to come and tell you... Winter vacation classes may be suspended for a few days. The armed forces sent comrades to conduct militia training for our brigade... It was supposed to be done a few days ago, but it was snowing at that time, so it was delayed. The weather is good these few days, so we have to make up for it!"
Tao Tao smiled and agreed, and then said, "Why don't you just ask Hong Hong to come over and tell her? Why do you have to come here in person?"
Zhou Chunni smiled and said, "I am getting heavier and heavier, and I can't do any housework. Now Honghong is the boss of the family... I'll do the errands!"
Tao Tao scolded: "Why did you ask Hong Hong to do housework? She is only six years old!"
"She's already seven years old! After the Lunar New Year, she'll be one year older, and eight!" Zhou Chunni said, "...Girls in rural areas are not that spoiled! But she's not allowed to do too much chores...It's almost the New Year, and there's always some chores to do at home...We have to race against time, take advantage of the sunny days ahead, if it's ten days later, heavy snow will come and we won't be able to do anything!"
Tao Tao was still unhappy, "Why can't a country girl be spoiled? You're in your twenties and you still can't do farm work!"
Zhou Chunni paused.
"Okay, okay, I won't interfere in your family affairs! Honghong is your daughter. If you don't feel sorry for her, what's the point of me being the only one feeling sorry for her!" As she said that, Taotao took out a handful of fruit candies from her arms, about five or six pieces.
This was bought by Taotao last time she went to the city.
After buying it, she found that the candy was not very tasty. It was too sweet and the fragrance was too strong... Taotao didn't want to give her son too much, so she often carried a few pieces with her, thinking of using them as favors and giving a few to others from time to time.
Zhou Chunni came just in time, and Taotao stuffed the candy into her hand, "Give it to Honghong! Listen carefully, she must eat it first, and then her two brothers can eat it! Finally it will be your turn, you biased mother!"
Zhou Chunni was a little embarrassed, "Hey Taotao you——"
Tao Tao, "Okay, just take it... I have something to ask of you!"
"What's the matter?" Zhou Chunni took the fruit candy handed over by Taotao and asked with concern.
Tao Tao, "I have to be busy later and can't take care of Xiao Feibai, so let Hua Niu help take care of Xiao Feibai... Is Hua Niu's home not far from yours? If it doesn't bother you, you can help take a look. I'm mainly worried... What if the children play too much and fall down? That would be bad."
Zhou Chunni, "You are busy, why don't you send Xiao Feibai to my place? Why don't you let Hua Niu help you look after him?"
Tao Tao, "That's just... I just happened to see Hua Niu, and I thought she was usually reliable..."
Zhou Chunni sighed after hearing this, "Well, then she is indeed reliable... If you tell others, no one will believe that she is a three-year-old child! She just has a bad fate... However, if she really has a good fate, with a loving father and mother... she doesn't have to be so sensible."
Tao Tao asked, "I think her mother cares about her a lot!"
——Taotao knew a little about Huaniu’s basic situation.
The child's father was bedridden, and the family's livelihood depended entirely on Hua Niuniang. Hua Niuniang seemed to be one or two years younger than Taotao. She had to work with the men in the production team every day. A strong laborer earned 12 work points a day, but she could only earn 8 work points a day...
Perhaps because of this, Hua Niu's family should be the poorest family in the entire production team.
Zhou Chunni looked around and saw that no one was around, so she lowered her voice and said, "There's nothing we can do. Hua Niu's father is a piece of shit!"
Then he told about Hua Niu's family situation:
It's actually a cliché story.
The man thought his young wife was too boring and quiet, so he got together with the widow. The widow then instigated the man to divorce his young wife so that he could marry her...but she was suppressed by the man's parents and the divorce did not go through.
Later, the young wife gave birth to a daughter, which made the man even more unhappy. Under the instigation of the widow, he was determined to divorce his young wife. Even though his parents pressured him, he refused to do so and was determined to divorce. He even said that he would not want his daughter after the divorce and asked his young wife to take the little girl away.
Then a sandstorm blew up in the desert and the oasis was almost destroyed. The family's house collapsed, and the man and his parents were crushed under the broken walls. The old father died on the spot, the old mother was dying, and the man was paralyzed.
The young wife buried her father-in-law and took care of her mother-in-law until her final journey...but the man refused to divorce. Not only did he not leave, but because of his true love, the widow never mentioned marrying him, and even refused to see him again... He took out all his anger on his wife and daughter, lying on the bed and beating and scolding them every day, and smashing everything he could reach...
A rumor started to spread in the village at some point, saying that the man's young wife was a jinx.
Of course, a few seemingly plausible things did happen later...as if to confirm the rumor that the young wife was an ominous person. Not only that, anyone who got close to her seemed to have a bad ending, so the villagers all kept their distance from them.
The man is Hua Niu's father, the widow is Aunt Cone Zi, and the young wife is naturally Hua Niu's mother.
This story made Taotao frown.
Zhou Chunni said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do about it. It's not that we look at Hua Niuniang with prejudice, it's just that...she can't stand up on her own. Your big brother Hongzhi wants to help her, but she doesn't live up to her expectations. Who can we blame? Okay, I've been out for too long, I have to go back! Don't worry, I'll help you look after Xiao Feibai when I get back, and you can go and do your own thing."
Having said that, Zhou Chunni turned and left.
Taotao also turned around and went into the house.
She told Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi that she didn't have to attend classes for a few days, and then went to the greenhouse to get busy.
Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi looked at each other...
A little overwhelmed.
To be honest, they really have nothing to do here.
Teaching the villagers is the best pastime.
Since I can't go to class now, it's quite uncomfortable to just stand here and do nothing. So Deng Gaoyun simply said hello to Taotao and went to visit the oasis with a small shovel.
Shi Yuxi thought about it, took a small stool, paper and pen and went to the greenhouse.
The temperature in the greenhouse is relatively high and not that cold. She might as well sit in the greenhouse and think about her graduation project, or come up with a new project idea.
At noon, Hua Niu really sent Xiao Feibai back.
Deng Gaoyun is cooking in the kitchen.
Taotao pretended to ask Huaniu for help with this and that...she was always delaying time until Deng Gaoyun finished cooking.
Deng Gaoyun got Taotao's advice before cooking, so the portions were enough for three adults and two children.
The lunch he made was dumplings stuffed with mixed vegetables.
Men don’t care about appearance when cooking.
So the dumpling wrappers rolled out by Deng Gaoyun, after wrapping the dumplings... each dumpling is as big as an adult man's fist!
then--
When it was time to eat, everyone stared at the dumplings in their bowls with horror in their eyes.
There were four huge dumplings in the adults' bowls, and two in each of the children's bowls.
The fillings prepared by men are also very unique.
He should have taken a little bit of every ingredient he could find in Taotao's kitchen and mixed them together.
So the dumpling filling contains shredded potatoes, soaked and chopped shiitake mushrooms, chopped ice grass, chopped vermicelli, chopped cabbage... and a little bit of fat residue?
He even put some black bean sauce in it.
Xiao Feibai was fearless and directly used a spoon to dig into the giant dumpling and took a bite, praising: "Good!"
Then she turned around and said to Deng Gaoyun in a sweet and innocent tone: "Dudu, you have worked hard! Thank you, Dudu!"
Taotao glanced at her son's bowl with disgust.
Hua Niu was standing nearby. She was distracted by the aroma of the food and afraid that she would be beaten and scolded by her father if she went back late. For a moment, she didn't know whether to leave or stay.
Tao Tao said quickly: "Hua Niu, come on... help Auntie again!"
Hua Niu nodded without thinking.
"Look, there's a bowl of dumplings there, but there are only two of them... Help your auntie try it and see if it's poisonous." Taotao said.
Deng Gaoyun looked at Taotao aggrievedly, with a hurt expression on his face.
Shi Yuxi chuckled.
Hua Niu hesitated for a moment and tried to defend Deng Gaoyun, "No, Aunt Bai, Uncle Deng would never do that."
"I trust him a lot when it comes to academic research and scientific research! But when it comes to making food...I can't trust him more than him. Come on, Hua Niu, help auntie try it. What does this dumpling taste like? Is it edible?" Tao Tao asked.
Hua Niu had no choice but to pick up the bowl and chopsticks, took a bite, and her eyes lit up, "Delicious!"
"Really?" Taotao looked doubtful.
Hua Niu was a little anxious, "It's true! Auntie, please eat it, it tastes delicious!"
Tao Tao pretended to be unconvinced, "I don't believe it! Unless you finish all the dumplings in the bowl!"
Shi Yuxi looked at Taotao with a smile.
Of course she knew that Taotao was lying to the child!
The purpose is to let Hua Niu eat something without any psychological burden and fill her stomach.
But Hua Niu doesn’t know.
So Hua Niu finished the two huge dumplings carefully and burped because she was full. "Auntie, you see, Hua Niu never lies. These dumplings are really delicious."
"Really?" Taotao asked.
Hua Niu nodded quickly.
Tao Tao pretended to say, "Okay, then I'll believe you... Hua Niu, go back early! By the way, don't tell anyone that you ate dumplings at my place, okay?"
Hua Niu is very sensible, but she is just a child after all, and she doesn’t quite understand Taotao’s meaning.
Tao Tao said, "Because I didn't let you eat our dumplings, I just let you try the taste. You just tried it, do you understand?"
Hua Niu was stunned.
——Aunt Bai was right, she really just “tasted” two dumplings for Auntie. But these two dumplings... are so huge! After she tried the food, she felt so full that she could hardly stand up straight.
Although she felt something was not quite right, Hua Niu still nodded obediently.
"Okay, then you should go back soon!" Taotao said.
Hua Niu greeted the adults and waved to Xiao Feibai, "Goodbye, brother!"
The little girl ran out of the research station.
Taotao then started eating the dumplings in the bowl.
I have to say, although these dumplings are extremely ugly, the filling inside tastes very good.
The shredded potatoes have been fried in advance and are seasoned with vinegar. The Chinese cabbage leaves are blanched in salt water, wrung dry and then chopped, making them very flavorful. The crispy fat residue and the soft vermicelli crumbs have a very distinct taste contrast...
So a big dumpling, filled with all sorts of fillings, and wrapped in a bland-tasting dumpling skin, actually tastes pretty good?
At the end of the meal, there was only one peach left and I couldn't eat any more.
After Shi Yuxi ate three dumplings, he could not eat the last one any more. He burped and said, "This is too much..."
Deng Gaoyun, "Eat! You two are welcome... it would be a waste to leave some!"
Taotao and Shi Yuxi shook their heads repeatedly.
Deng Gaoyun took a look at their bowls. There was still a giant dumpling left in each bowl?
"Can you really not eat anymore?" he asked again.
Taotao and Shi Yuxi shook their heads again.
Deng Gaoyun put his bowl in front of Shi Yuxi and said, "I'll help you eat this one."
Shi Yuxi: ...
She blushed for some reason and looked at Taotao involuntarily.
Taotao also widened her eyes and looked at Shi Yuxi, then at Deng Gaoyun.
After a while, Tao Tao said, "Brother, keep this dumpling of mine...heat it up for me in the evening and I will eat it for dinner."
Deng Gaoyun said "hmm" and blushed as he poured the dumplings in Shi Yuxi's bowl into his bowl.
At this time, Tao Tao had already asked her son, "Xiao Feifei, what did Hua Niu do today?"
Xiao Feibai said seriously, "Fa Fa is doing laundry! So many clothes..." As he spoke, the little fellow stretched out his slender fingers and counted one by one, "Auntie Du Ji, Auntie Wang Fa, Auntie Qiu Yu, etc.... Let Fa Fa wash all the clothes!"
Most people don’t understand what Xiao Feibai is saying.
Taotao understood.
——Many people in the village took out their clothes and asked Hua Niu to wash them? The strange nouns Xiao Feibai mentioned were all the names of some wives who lived near Hua Niu's house.
Tao Tao asked again, "What else did Hua Niu do?"
Xiao Feibai continued to answer: "Fa Fa came home, Fa Fa's dad was asleep and pooped... It was so smelly! Fa Fa washed his dad's poop... Fa Fa's dad cursed and beat people! He grabbed Fa Fa... Bang bang bang!"
By the end, Xiao Feibai didn't know how to say much, so he simply put down the spoon, ran aside, and explained with his little mouth and waved his hands to gesture.
Taotao understood.
——Hua Niu’s father was lying on the bed and defecating. Hua Niu came back from washing clothes to change her father’s pants, but was caught by her father. Not only did he scold her, he also beat her and directly picked up Hua Hua and threw her against the wall? !
Taotao was very angry.
Shi Yuxi didn't want to pay attention to Deng Gaoyun, so he shifted his attention to Xiao Feibai.
She has also been with Xiao Feibai for more than a month and can barely understand what he says. After learning about Hua Niu's experience, I remembered the wound on her hand that I saw in the morning...
Shi Yuxi was very angry, "Why is this person like this?"
Little Feibai was a little unhappy, and said to his mother: "FaFa's father is bad! He scolded Feifei and wanted to hit Feifei... Big King Da A scolded him, woof woof woof... He got angry, and when he couldn't hit Feifei, he hit FaFa again..."
——Hua Niu's father also scolded Xiao Feibai and probably wanted to attack him. Fortunately, the two dogs, Da Huang and Da Hei, who were accompanying Xiao Feibai, barked at Hua Niu's father. Hua Niu's father couldn't reach Xiao Feibai, so he got angry and beat Hua Niu again.
Tao Tao became even angrier. She hugged her son, rubbed his soft head, and asked softly, "Are you scared, Xiao Feifei?"
Xiao Feibai shook his head, "Big Wang Da A is so powerful, Fa Fa's father is afraid of Big Wang Da A... Fa Fa also doesn't let her father beat Fei Fei."
Taotao thought to herself, Hua Niu was still protecting Xiao Feibai.
"Will you continue to play with Hua Niu in the future?" she asked, hugging her son.
"Play!"
Xiao Feibai nodded firmly.
Because he was too young, the boys in the village didn't want to play with him. Hua Niu was honest and obedient, so no one paid attention to her. She was willing to be with Xiao Feibai and never bullied him, but she didn't have much time to play with him.
Tao Tao said, "Then let's help Hua Niu, okay?"
"Okay!" Xiao Feibai said loudly.
Taotao thought that she had to ask Hua Niuniang what she thought first.
Just as I was thinking this, I heard someone shouting at the entrance of the research station: "Comrade Bai? Is Comrade Bai here?"
Taotao went out with her son in her arms.
really--
Hua Niuniang stood at the door, looking uneasy.
When she saw Taotao, she hurried over, bowed before she spoke, and then said, "Comrade Bai, I'm so sorry to have troubled you today..."
Taotao looked at Hua Niuniang and said nothing.
It was not until Hua Niuniang straightened up that Tao Tao asked, "What trouble have you caused me?"
Hua Niuniang was startled. She looked at Taotao, then at Xiao Feibai who was held in Taotao's arms. She whispered, "I... I heard that when Hua Niuniu was taking care of Feifei today, maybe... maybe Feifei was scared by Hua Niuniu's father?"
As she spoke, Hua Niuniang bowed to Taotao several times and said repeatedly: "Comrade Bai, I'm sorry! I'm really sorry..."
Tao Tao frowned and said, "You're so eager to apologize to me right away. Don't you even ask what happened?"
Hua Niuniang was stunned and murmured, "Didn't Hua Niuniu make a mistake?"
Tao Tao felt distressed immediately, "After all this time, you still don't know what happened? Since you don't know what happened, why don't you investigate it first and come and apologize to me directly?"
Hua Niuniang: ...
She stared at Taotao in a daze, and after a long while she didn't know how to react.
She just habitually thought that if there was any dispute among the neighbors, it must be her or Hua Niu who made the mistake.
Tao Tao suppressed her temper and said, "You should go back first! Go back and listen to Hua Niu carefully... Understand the cause, process and result of the incident, and then come back to me, okay?"
Hua Niuniang suddenly felt uneasy, wondering if her daughter was hiding something... Otherwise, why would Comrade Bai be so angry? !
She was a little anxious, nodding and bowing to Taotao, "Okay, okay, Comrade Bai, don't be angry, I will go back and teach her a lesson! I..."
Tao Tao was angry. "You don't even know what happened, why are you teaching Hua Niu a lesson? Why do you think your child always gets into trouble? Why don't you think that others are bullying her for no reason?"
Hua Niuniang opened her mouth wide.
Tao Tao took a deep breath, "Sister Hua, I hope you can talk to Hua Niu calmly. You don't have to rush over. Come to me after you have clarified the matter!"
Hua Niuniang nodded awkwardly and ran away in a panic.
Taotao took a deep breath again——
She felt even more sorry for Xiao Hua Niu, who had such a bad father and such a stupid mother who couldn't figure things out...
The child is so pitiful!
Xiao Feibai is still young and needs to take a 2-3 hour nap every day at noon.
Taotao was holding her son to take a nap. When she passed by the kitchen, she saw Deng Gaoyun boiling water.
Deng Gaoyun called her, "Taotao, Yuxi wants to wash her hair. I'm boiling water. Do you want some?"
Tao Tao thought for a moment and said, "If I had some hot water now, I could fill a hot water bottle and let the child take a nap with it!"
Deng Gaoyun really helped her fill a hot water bottle.
Taotao simply covered herself with a hot water bottle and took a nap with her child.
However, half an hour of sleep is usually enough for her.
After waking up from a nap, Taotao drove Dahuang and Dahei into the house and let them lie on the straw mat in front of the bed. While she watched over her son who was still taking a nap, she went out to work in the greenhouse.
——The project she is in charge of is the salt-alkali symbiotic ecosystem, and several other projects are about the symbiosis of plants and pests and diseases. It is necessary to build several small greenhouses in the greenhouse specifically for raising plants and insects.
Taotao took out the wooden strips and soft film and prepared to build a few more small sheds.
Soon, Shi Yuxi, who had just washed his hair, came over and saw Taotao building the scaffolding, and hurriedly called Deng Gaoyun to come and help.
Deng Gaoyun was strong and powerful, so he started hammering away at the moment, while Taotao started discussing the symbiotic ecosystem with Shi Yuxi.
This time, Shi Yuxi had a new idea. "Taotao, do you think grafted seedlings can adapt to growing in saline-alkali soil more easily?"
Tao Tao thought about it and asked Deng Gaoyun, "Brother, what do you think?"
Deng Gaoyun is not bored when it comes to this. "This is totally unfeasible in theory! After all, you have to be very careful when taking care of grafted seedlings. And the saline-alkali land is barren. If you graft directly, the seedlings will die."
Shi Yuxi lowered his head.
Tao Tao had a wild idea, "What if we graft plants from different families? Maybe we can... fight poison with poison?"
Deng Gaoyun smiled, "Your idea is quite unique..."
Shi Yuxi said, "...For example, breeding a large number of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus and grafting Ammopiptanthus mongolicus onto Populus euphratica?"
Taotao and Deng Gaoyun's laughter gradually stopped.
The two thought for a long time and nodded slowly.
——Both Ammopiptanthus mongolicus and Populus euphratica are excellent tree species to help change the saline-alkali desert land, and are also excellent economic tree species, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages. One is drought tolerant and the other is salt and alkali tolerant. The biggest difficulty is that it is difficult for these two to survive as cuttings. If you want to reproduce them in large quantities, you must rely on seeds. If these two plants can survive after being grafted, they should be able to play a great role in inhibiting soil salinization.
You can give it a try.
Shi Yuxi was somewhat pleased, "Then I... should give it a try?"
Tao Tao said: "Try! Isn't what we are doing a process of error correction? If it is correct, then it will be a success!"
Shi Yuxi couldn't help but look at Deng Gaoyun again.
Deng Gaoyun also smiled and encouraged her, "I agree with what Junior Sister said. Anything that others haven't mentioned may fail, but it may also succeed."
Shi Yuxi stroked his chest and said, "Junior Sister, can you lend me a corner of your greenhouse?"
Tao Tao said generously: "No problem!"
The big yellow dog suddenly ran out of the research station and stood at the door of the greenhouse, barking softly.
Tao Tao said quickly: "Xiao Feibai is awake, I'll go over and take care of him."
She hurried back to the dormitory and saw the child playing with the big black dog.
Don’t be fooled by Dahuang and Dahei’s silly appearance, they are actually very smart.
When Xiao Feibai was sleeping, Taotao took off his clothes and left him only wearing an autumn shirt and a thin sweater, but there was a hot water bottle under the quilt, so perhaps it was warm enough, so Xiao Feibai lifted the quilt to play with Dahei.
Dahei was worried that his little master would be cold, so he jumped onto the bed, lay on top of his little master, and used his body temperature to protect him...
As soon as he saw Taotao coming in, Dahei jumped off the bed immediately, lowered his head, drooped his ears and tucked his tail, fearing that the hostess would blame him for getting on the bed.
Tao Tao just blamed her son, "What did mom tell you? It's so cold, you are not allowed to get out of the quilt without clothes on! Disobedient children will not have any candy!"
As she spoke, she reached out and rubbed Dahei's head.
Dahei was immediately excited, his ears stood up and his tail wagged wildly. Da Huang also came over eagerly, hoping that the hostess would rub its head...
But the hostess didn't notice it at all.
Little Feibai quickly got into the quilt, leaving behind a fat, round butt, and said sullenly, "Mommy, Feifei Wai (good boy), Feifei Qi Tangtang!"
Taotao slapped him lightly without any hesitation.
Of course, she was reluctant to really hit him, so she used very little force. Then she took the small clothes and put on her son's clothes and shoes.
Xiao Feibai is still young, so Taotao always lets him have some snacks after he wakes up from his afternoon nap.
Today she made a cup of walnut sesame powder for her son, and also scooped a spoonful of milk powder and a small spoonful of white sugar, poured it into boiling water, stirred it well, then went to the kitchen to get a boiled egg in a shell, peeled the eggshell and put the egg in a bowl, then brought it into the house for her son to eat.
Xiao Feibai finished his meal with gusto, and his mother took care of him by wiping his mouth and washing his face before he walked out of the research station.
No one plays with him.
He can only play with Dahuang and Dahei.
Taotao was still washing dishes in the kitchen when she suddenly heard her son shouting “Mom, Mom, Mom” outside?
She came out in a hurry.
It turns out that it was Hua Niuniang who came? He was holding the little girl in his hand.
When Xiao Feibai saw Hua Niu, he was very happy. He ran over and held Hua Niu's hand, "Fa Fa, play..." Suddenly he remembered something, and turned to Tao Tao and said, "Mommy, mommy! Fei Fei Wai (good boy), Fei Fei Fa Fa Qi Tang Tang!"
Tao Tao laughed in silence, and took out two candies from her pocket and handed them to her son, "One for you and one for Hua Niu."
Xiao Feibai nodded, his eyes sparkling. He took the candy from his mother and immediately gave one to Hua Niu.
Hua Niu put her hands behind her back, saying she didn't want anything and glanced at her mother from time to time.
Hua Niuniang said to Taotao, "Oh, Comrade Bai, you are too polite... Let Feifei eat the candy by herself. We girls don't deserve it, we don't deserve it!"
Taotao's smile faded, and she turned to her son and said, "Fei Fei, feed her."
"good!"
As expected, Xiao Feibai clumsily peeled off the candy wrapper and desperately handed the candy to Hua Niu's mouth.
Hua Niu really wants to eat...
Because the candy is so sweet!
But that is—
She looked at her mother timidly and lowered her head in fear.
Tao Tao said softly, "Don't be afraid, Hua Niu. This is a reward from your aunt because you completed the task assigned by your aunt this morning and did a great job. Eat it!"
Hua Niu then bravely opened her mouth and took a bite of the candy that Xiao Feibai fed her.
After Xiao Feibai fed Hua Niu some candy, he clumsily peeled his own piece of candy...
I was so stupid that I couldn't find the opening of the candy wrapper.
Hua Niu held the sweet candy in her mouth and asked softly, "Can I help you peel the candy wrapper?"
Xiao Feibai nodded repeatedly.
The little girl took the candy from his hand, peeled off the candy wrapper, and fed it to Xiao Feibai's mouth.
Xiao Feibai also held it in his mouth and grinned at Hua Niu.
Hua Niuniang said to Tao Tao, "Comrade Bai, I have already asked Hua Niuniu. She said that you asked her to help look after Feifei, right?"
Taotao nodded and said seriously: "Hua Niu did a great job."
Hua Niuniang looked embarrassed.
Tao Tao asked her, "Why did you come over to apologize to me at noon?"
Hua Niuniang was a little embarrassed and whispered, "I heard from Qiao Yingniang next door that Xiao Feibai came to our house to play, but was beaten and scolded by our head of the family... I, I..."
——She was not at home at the time, and when she came back she was scolded by her neighbors, saying that Hua Niu brought Xiao Feibai home and made Xiao Feibai cry. This will definitely offend Comrade Bai from the research station, and not only will everyone miss the winter break courses, but we may even lose the greenhouse next year.
She was so frightened and panicked that she ran over to apologize to Taotao regardless of anything.
Unexpectedly...
Tao Tao said: "So why are you looking for me now?"
Hua Niuniang: ...
To be honest, she didn't know why she came to see Bai Taotao again. It's probably because Bai Taotao is a person that the villagers value very much, and she cannot be offended easily.
“I, I…”
Hua Niuniang was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.
She subconsciously wanted to apologize to Bai Taotao again. But she also noticed that Bai Taotao didn't seem to like her apology?
She was really at her wit's end.
Tao Tao sighed, "You should apologize to Hua Niu!"
Hua Niu was surprised and looked at Taotao in amazement.
Hua Niuniang was even more surprised and didn't know how to respond to this sentence for a moment.
Tao Tao said seriously: "You wronged Hua Niu, shouldn't you apologize to the child?"
Hua Niuniang stammered, "I, I...hahahahaha, I'm her mother, how could I, how could I..."
Tao Tao said: "If you know you have done something wrong, you should apologize. Isn't this natural? Besides, aren't you very good at apologizing?"
Hua Niuniang was dumbfounded.
She had always been used to being submissive, and besides... Bai Taotao was someone that the entire village could not afford to offend. After hesitating for a moment, she looked down at Hua Niu, and then made a move that couldn't be smoother -
She bowed to Hua Niu and said, "I'm sorry."
Just like when she had disputes with others in the past, no matter whether she was right or wrong, she would always bend down to apologize to others.
Hua Niu was stunned.
Clear tears quickly condensed in the child's eyes and then burst out!
"mother--"
Hua Niu went forward, hugged her mother tightly, and burst into tears.
Hua Niuniang was at a loss as to what to do, but she also felt sorry for the child. In particular, when the child grows up, he cries less and I’m afraid of causing trouble for her. Now her simple words of sorry made the child cry like this?
Hua Niuniang had mixed feelings.
She knew the collective ill will towards her and her child, but she could only choose to endure it. Because this is a desert, and she is an orphan, she has no way to escape from the group. If she leaves here, she and her child will die.
So both mother and daughter were very careful, for fear of offending the villagers.
But there are always people who are willing to lead the trend.
excuse?
She had no energy to argue. Her husband was paralyzed at home, and she was the only one who worked in the family of three. The hard physical labor day after day left her with no extra energy to argue with others.
It would have been better for her to just admit her mistake, bow and apologize at the beginning of the argument, which would have saved her a lot of energy.
Slowly, it became a conditioned reflex for her.
As soon as she heard that something had happened, she would admit her mistake without thinking. Not only did she completely lose the motivation to investigate the truth of the incident, but she also felt that there was no need at all.
Anyway, I'm just barely alive.
But now, her child was crying.
Hua Niuniang's eyes were filled with tears and her heart was broken.
She reached out her hand and tremblingly stroked the sparse, dry, and yellow hair on her daughter's head.
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